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Applicant asks Tampa council to reconsider comprehensive-plan vote, legal advisers say waiver required
Summary
Applicant for the Magnolia Court Hotel asked the City Council to reopen its land-use decision on grounds the state Live Local Act applies; city attorneys said public requests for reconsideration of comprehensive-plan amendments require a supermajority to waive council rules, and a motion to do so failed.
Scott McLaren, attorney for the Magnolia Court Hotel applicant, asked Tampa City Council to reconsider the panel’s earlier vote on a comprehensive-plan map amendment, arguing that the state Live Local Act applies to the property and should have been considered in the original decision. “Live Local applies to the property. It’s the law,” McLaren told council during the public-request-for-reconsideration period.
City attorneys advised council that rule 3(b)(12) of the council’s procedures generally treats requests by…
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